The British cruelty was immeasurable and their response to the Indian (Hindu and Muslim) pleas for freedom was to attack and torture them. The Indians demanded freedom from colonialism, autonomy, and individual rights but the British were not ready to hear their demands. Being notably barbaric, the Britishers tied Indians to canons and began blasting them to silence the uprisings. This gruesome revenge, when the land was not their’s to begin with, was completely unjustified. 

This picture shows the scene of blow canons that were used to blow up Indian revolters during the War of 1857. Revolters were helplessly bound to canons and exploded, and the British Army watched the scene. 

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Delhi was under catastrophe during the war. The great bazaars had been wrecked, such as the Khas Bazaar, Urdu Bazaar, and lastly the Khanum-ka-Bazaar. Additionally, the four elements that kept Delhi alive, for example, its Forts, crowds at Jamia Masjid, walks to the Yamuna Bridge, and the yearly fairs of the flower-men had been eradicated. With the most essential aspects of Delhi now erased, how could Delhi itself stay standing?

The War had far-reaching and long-term consequences for the Subcontinent.